Accessing PCIe configuration data through network
AssigneeMellanox Technologies, Ltd.
InventorsYoni Galezer, Lavi Koch, Tova Bar Asher
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Abstract
A network adapter includes one or more ports for communicating over a communication network, a bus interface, and logic circuitry. The bus interface is configured to communicate over a bus. The logic circuitry is configured to receive bus configuration request packets from an originator, to control the bus interface to generate one or more bus configuration cycles in response to at least some of the bus configuration request packets, and, in response to the bus configuration cycles, to generate and send bus configuration response packets to the originator of the bus configuration request packets.
Claims8
A network adapter, comprising:
- one or more network ports for communicating over a communication network;
- a bus interface, configured to communicate over a bus;
- and
- logic circuitry, which is configured to:
- receive from the communication network bus configuration request packets from an originator;
- control the bus interface, in response to at least some of the bus configuration request packets, to generate one or more bus configuration cycles;
- and
- in response to the bus configuration cycles, generate and send bus configuration response packets to the originator of the bus configuration request packets.
A method, comprising:
- in a network adapter that communicates over a communication network and comprises a bus interface for communicating over a bus, receiving from the communication network bus configuration request packets from an originator;
- in response to at least some of the bus configuration request packets, controlling a bus interface to generate one or more bus configuration cycles;
- and
- in response to the bus configuration cycles, generating and sending bus configuration response packets to the originator of the bus configuration request packets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.